POTTSTOWN — The problem so far this season for Pottsgrove had been not scoring until it was too late.

That changed quickly, however, on Tuesday afternoon as the Falcons jumped on the Pottstown Steelers for five runs in the first two innings and rode that early lead and a four-hitter by Matt Wehr to a 5-0 City County Senior win at Pottstown High School’s Shantz Field.

Evan Carey had two hits for the Falcons (1-3, 1-3), including a two-run double in the second. Joe Pedorenko picked up a pair of hits for Pottstown (3-1, 7-2).

“Our problem has just been hitting,” said Carey, whose team had plated a total of just 10 runs in its first four outings. “We actually came out in the first inning swinging the bats, got on top of them early.”

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Pottsgrove, playing as the home team because the game had been moved from Pottsgrove High School due to wet field conditions, scored a pair of runs in the first on four singles that found the open spots in the defense.

Wehr led off by punching a single through the left side. Then Carey popped up a bunt in front of the plate that dropped between the pitcher and catcher for a hit. Mark Mandia grounded a hit to left to knock in a run with two outs and Justin Leamy brought home the second with an infield hit.

Then the Falcons picked up back-to-back infield hits by Zach Birch and Brandon Stone to start the second and Matt Miller put down a sacrifice bunt. Wehr struck out, but Carey doubled to deep left to make it 4-0 and scored on a single through the middle by Ian Laxton. And that was pretty much the ballgame.

“We hit the ball hard after the third inning, but right at people,” said Pottstown manager Jim Goodhart. “Their pitcher pitched a really, really good game. We got down five runs and there wasn’t much we could do. That’s wooden bat baseball.”

“We’ve been starting out slow,” said Falcon manager Tye Kivela. “In this game, luckily, we started out right out of the gate. All of the other games were winnable. They came out hitting … no errors.”

Wehr had a bit of trouble in the first when Joe Pedorenko led off with a single to center and advanced on an error on a pickoff attempt. But catcher Leamy threw Pedorenko out when he tried to steal third before Jake Gery knocked a double to center.

But those were the only hits that Wehr, who walked two and struck out four, allowed until Pedorenko singled with two away in the sixth and Ryan Christman doubled in the seventh.

“He is our pitcher,” Kivela said concerning veteran right-hander Wehr. “He earned the no. 1 spot. That’s for sure. It’s a great game to come out and show his stuff.”

“We won sevn straight games and now we’ve lost two in a row and have scored no runs in 14 innings,” said Goodhart. “That’s baseball.”

On the other hand, the Falcons had allowed a total of 30 runs coming into the day and not scored more than four in any contest.

“We haven’t been playing bad,” said Carey. “We would score late. Today, we got some runs early. We hit the ball today. It seems if we hit, we win.”

NOTES

Pottsgrove had nine hits, including two by Mandia. … Pottstown had its best chance to score when it put two runners on base for the only time in the game in the seventh on a leadoff walk and Christman’s double to right-center, but second baseman Carey caught a line drive off the bat of Josh Pedorenko and doubled a pinch runner off second and Wehr wrapped up the shutout on a grounder to shortstop Stone. … Right fielder George Gantert had three putouts for the winners, including one on a shot right at him by Luke Osisek, and Stone had three assists and a putout. … The Spartans are playing their usual busy schedule with 50 games, including a trip to the Beast of the East Tournament in West Virginia in July.